Understanding the different types of social support offered by audience to a-list diary-like and informative bloggers

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 194-199

  Ko, Hsiu Chia ^a   Wang, Li Ling ^a   Xu, Yi Ting ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BLOGGING; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84875185684     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0297     Document Type: Article

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